Issued June 29, 2026
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First of all, don’t forget to look for the Full Moon this evening. It should rise shortly after 8:15 pm. It’s called the Strawberry Moon.
Also, there have been several severe storms over in the Appalachian Mtns this afternoon and evening. If those stay strong and our skies are clear enough, you may see distant lightning from those after dark. Many of us refer to that as “heat lightning”, which is lightning that occurrs too far away for us to hear the thunder. Up here on the plateau we can see those storm tops from a long, long way off.
Also, we are now under a heat advisory Tuesday through Thursday. Feels-like temps could top 106°. Please be safe in the heat and make sure your outdoor pets have fresh, clean water and shelter in the shade.
Finally, I have a video to share from the tornado-warned storm Saturday evening that impacted those of us in northern Cumberland County.
Thank you “Gerry N Hannah Cox” on Facebook for sending me this video. This is the best evidence yet for rotation from our tornado-warned storm Saturday evening in northern Cumberland County. There are several things to spot. First of all, notice how the sky is bright in the background. That’s classic supercell stuff. The rotation is on the very back side of the storm and if a funnel or rotation lowers, the brighter sky can make a nice backdrop (if you’re posititioned right). Also, notice how the sheets of rain in the background appear to be wrapping around this rotation. That’s because it is. The circulation of the mesocyclone (the rotating part of the storm) pulls that rain back around. The folks who recorded this said that at this time, things got quiet, which is also very common.
Still pictures rarely prove anything. We have to see the motion. Any of you who have taken a storm spotter class know that still pictures can trick ya! A lot of videos I saw were of inflow scud clouds, which are ominous, but if they’re not rotating they’re not tornadic. The clouds must be spinning vertically and we have to have video to observe the spin.
This video is a classic example of weak rotation that hasn’t (and thankfully didn’t) make it to the ground. We only know it didn’t touch down because of the abscence of damage. Tornados can be on the ground even if a funnel isn’t visible. That’s right, even if a funnel isn’t visible.
This rotation in this video also coincides with where radar showed the strongest rotation. Thankful nothing worse happened, for sure!
Interestingly, Cumberland County has had three tornados in the month of June, all in northwest Cumberland County. Two occurred on June 28 (1972 & 1928) and one occurred on June 11, 2023.
Some of you did not get the emergency alerts on your phone for the tornado warning. If you weren’t in the warning polygon outlined for the tornado warning, you wouldn’t get the alert. That’s just how those are set up. My phone worked great and my weather radio worked great. I definitely had plenty of warning.
YOu all have a wonderful evening! Remember, that Full Moon will be rising after 8:00!
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